A non-governmental organization based in Osogbo, Osun State, the Justice Now Foundation, JNF, has called for the arrest and investigation of the operatives of a two-man civil society organisation code-named Civil Societies Coalition for the Emancipation of Osun State, CSCEOS. JNF, in a terse statement issued in Osogbo on Saturday by its chairman, Lanre Afolayanka,…
In the early hours of Sunday, July 24, 2016, soldiers of Operation Lafiya Dole ambushed Boko Haram terrorists crossing into Sambisa forest from Komala and Musafanari axis with logistics items. The ambush party killed 2 Boko Haram terrorists, while 2 soldiers sustained gunshot wounds. The wounded have since been airlifted and are receiving treatment at…
Governor Mohammed Abdullahi Abubakar of Bauchi State has condoled the government and people of Kano State over the death of their former Deputy Governor, Engineer Magaji Abdullahi. Abubakar described the death of Abdullahi as a monumental loss, not only to Kano state, but to the entire nation. The governor recalled that the late former Deputy…
According to reports reaching our news desk, a top traditional ruler in Ogun State, Oba Michael Adeniyi Sonariwo, has joined his ancestors. The monarch is the Akarigbo of Remoland and his palace is located in Sagamu, one of the major towns in Ogun State. It was learnt that the foremost traditional ruler in the state…
Former Super Eagles captain, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, has every reason to be a very proud man at the moment. The mercurial former midfielder recently posed with his charming daughter, who is said to be 18 years old named Daniella. He got married to his wife, Nkechi Okocha, in 1997 and the couple has two…
President Muhammadu Buhari has strongly condemned the shootings that occurred on Friday at a busy shopping mall in Munich, Germany. On Friday evening, about three gunmen opened fire on shoppers at the Olympic Shopping Mall in Munich. More than eight persons were said to have died from the attack. Buhari, in a statement issued on…
On Friday, July 22, 2016, the Lagos State government finally commissioned the newly built Alade Market in the Ikeja area of the state. According to what Aproko247 gathered, the ceremony was performed by the wife of Lagos State governor, Akinwunmi Ambode, Bolanle. Mrs Ambode urged traders in the state to continue to support the administration…
The Federal Government has debunked speculations that it directed foreign-based athletes representing Nigeria at the August 2016 Rio Olympics. The Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Solomon Dalung, through a statement issued by his media aide, Nneka Ikem Anibeze, said there was no iota of truth in the rumour. Dalung said the purported mail directing…
Report reaching us at the moment confirms that five of the 19 soldiers reported missing in action after an ambush at Guro Gongon on Wednesday, July 20, 2016, have been found. It was earlier reported that the troops were ambushed by Boko Haram suspects and 19 soldiers were said to be missing. However, Acting Director…
The man of God who chained and tortured his nine-year-old son inside a room is reportedly on the run. On Friday, operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, in Ogun State, rescued on Korede Taiwo, where he was chained with a padlock at a church in the state. According to facts emerging…